Babson Reflects on American Shipping and World War Impact
Babson notes the American merchant fleet's rise and decline from colonial times to the Civil War, the wartime shipyards at Hog Island, and postwar losses while contrasting foreign subsidies and US policy. He cites historical ships and figures, including the Leviathan and Berengaria, and ends with a brief government appointment notice.
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Great Britain
Armerican
Freaber
Henet
Hog Island
Telaware Avea
Jowan
Iilg Bretendoll
Roosevelt Says Nine-Power Conference Aims Mediation
President Roosevelt says the Brussels nine power treaty conference will seek mediation to end the Chinese Japanese war. He notes no firm U S peace policy yet exists and declines specifics while signaling possible delegates to the conference and federal action on invitation. State Department expected to announce American participation once formal invitation is received.
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Richard L. Harkness
Lmited Press
White House
Hyde Park
N. J
Roosevelt
Brussels
Bat the Besster
Chicago
America
My. Roosevelt
United States
Shanghai
Department of State
Washington
Norhan A. Davis
Europe
Wiliam Bullitt
France
Hough Washington
Congress
Warm Springs
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
State Department
Cordely Hunl
Two Wrecks on Buffalo Branch of Pennsylvania
The Buffalo Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad reports derailments south of Corry to Oil City. Seventeen cars and a locomotive left the track, closing tracks for repairs while crews rerouted service via Irvington. No injuries. traffic disruption expected to ease by afternoon.
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Saveneen
Neae Ormsbee
Corry
Spartansturg
Thesetoml
Buffettsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Oil City
Irvington
Ntl
Old Ciky
Moon
W Hahn
John HL Stanton
George O'Biery
Freman
Nichols
City- Corry
Buffalo
Pittsturets
Petroleum Center
Invington
Riots Erupt in Palestine Over Partition Plan
Oct 15 unrest in Palestine between Jews and Arabs turns deadly with at least coven dead and many injured. British constables among the dead as violence hits Roshpina Halfa-Lull rail line Kailkitla and a Tel Aviv to Jerusalem bus bombing.
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United Press
Jerusalem
Palestine
Great Britain
Halive
Roshpina
Kailkitla
Fred Upon
Tel Avivas
La Follette Predicts Black to Liberal Court
Senator La Follette predicts Justice Hugo Black will have a splendid record on the Supreme Court and says past Ku Klux Klan membership will not influence his actions. He challenges critics to find intolerance in Black’s record.
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United Press
New York
Robert M. la Follette
Wia
Burne Hat
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Ku Klux Flan
Lamolette
Black
Open Case Against Mass Slaver in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on October 15 the state indicted Mira Anna Marie Hahn for poisoning her young friend Jacob Wagner after making her heiress to a large estate. Hahn, mother of a 12 year old, faces potential death sentence as the state pursues murder charges in a string of mysterious deaths connected to her circle.
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United Press
Cincinnati
Cage
Mira Anna Marie Haln
Jacob Wagner
Hahn
Hold Driver Is Negligent In Two Deaths In Crash
Walter W. Long of Erie driver of the toubkthvalved in the accident south of Union City where Mr and Mrs Arthur McCarty of near Titusville lost their lives Sunday afternoon. Long will be arrested on two counts of manslaughter following a coroner jury verdict at Titusville that the deaths resulted from a collision between the car and a truck operated by Long on Route 8 near Olson Corners around 4 p.m. Sunday October 1. Carlson at the Titusville substation testified Long would be placed under arrest soon.
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Walter W. Long
Erie
Union City
Arthur McCarty
Titusville
Long
Vitusville
Arthur McGayy
Waite W. Long
Erie county health group maps 1937 Christmas Health Seal Sale
At a regular We bowrs of directors meeting the Erie County Health and Tuberculosis Association discussed plans for the 1937 Christmas Health Seal Sale. The $16 000 minimum goal was set to fund next year’s work with Mayor Barber named general chair and the Louise Home discussed as a potential tuberculosis children's retreat.
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Erie County Health and Tuberculosis Association
George &. Read
Board of County Commissioners
Wisory
Charity Commissioners
Charles Barber
Pittsburgh Employes Granted Wage Increase
Pittsburgh officials report 1590 workers at the Pittsburgh Railways and Pittsburgh Motor Coach firms won wage boosts totaling about 409000 annually after arbitration. The three member board limited raises, despite workers' larger demands, and the companies agreed.
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Pittsburgh
Ss. Unieneres
Pittsburgh Railways
Pittsburgh Motor Coach Companies
Mass picketing of truckers called off
Pittsburgh dispatch reports mass picketing of pan union truckers was called off as the organizing drive was taken over by waves of new leadership and banners.
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United Frees
Pittsburgh
Yoncerna
Teawmaters
Talon Wee
Aft Inday
Infant Dies After Accidentally Swallowing Acid
Two year old Cornelis Hain Harmena, in Erie Pennsylvania, died at St Vincent Hospital after accidentally swallowing acid found in his father's workshop. His mother Mrs. Hammond administered first aid and rushed him to the hospital, but life could not be saved.
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United Press
Erie
Cornelis Hain Harmena
St. Vincent's Hospital
Vatican Declares Neutral on War Amid Far East Tensions
The Holy See states neutrality in the conflict between Japan and China. It opposes Communism as proclaimed by the Pope and directs Vatican representatives in China and Japan to combat Communist tendencies while reports of a memorandum supporting Japan are denied as ridiculous.
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Atlantic City
Committee For
Imidustrish Chanietion
Toilay
American Federation of Labor
Macrise
AOWF
Morrison
Federation
Washington
Iim
Steu
Ik Saver
Png
Det
Barth
A. 1
A. 7
Fedayat Empiayes
Butt
United Press
Vatican City
Holy See
Japan
China
Vatican
Far East
Brady Gang Survivor Charged With Murder in Indiana Case
James Dalhover, survivor of the Brady gang’s machinegun era, jailed on murder charges as authorities study which of three killings—Polite Sgt. Richard Rivers in Indianapolis, Patrolman Frank Levy in Anderson, and State Trooper Paul Mitmamian in Cass county—could yield the electric chair.
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UNMEG
Indianapolis
Ing
James Dalhover
Hanle
Richard Rivers
Frank Levy
Anderson
Paul Mitmamian
Cass County
No Advances in Chief Battle of Shanghai Area
Chinese and Japanese troops fought to a standstill around Shanghai as双方 exhausted after two months of heavy combat. Air raids were limited and the Woosung Creek sector showed brief fighting with no decisive breakthrough.
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Shanghai
United Press
Woosung Creek
Railroads Open Counter Attack in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg dispatch notes railroads claim trucking offers faster service and lower costs as a Public Utility Commission hearing weighs a petroleum transport dispute. Independent marketers and witnesses argue Western Pennsylvania delivery by road beats rail for speed.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvana
Disease threat looms over millions in China war
The League of Nations reported a disease threat endangering millions of non-combatants amid the Chinese-Japanese war. As talks for a far Eastern peace conference prepared in Geneva, China pressed two moves to highlight its plight before the league.
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United Press
Geneva
League of Nations
China
League
Inmate Dysentery Outbreak Strikes Philadelphia Home
Thirty four residents of the Philadelphia Home for the Indigent died from a mysterious dysentery outbreak over six weeks. Nearly 100 others were ill and isolated. Autopsies confirmed non amoebic dysentery while sources in food and water were deemed undetermined. Fifteen died at the home and nineteen at Philadelphia General Hospital.
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United Press
Philadelphia
Staiff
Martha Jaquish
Atricken
St Philadelphia General Hospital
Bradford Man Admits Embezzling $981 in Bank Funds
Bradford man Otteson pled guilty in federal court to embezzling 981.96 dollars from Producers Bank & Trust Company of Bradford between January and June 1936. He received a sentence of one year and one day in a federal prison. The scheme included falsified ledger entries and two additional small sums.
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Pittsburgh
Otteson
Bradford
Loslay Prewdel
Producers Bank & Trust, Company of Bradford
Banks General Ledger
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